Example sentences of "something that [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ said Henry Tyler , in the last analysis a Ministry man , ‘ that this stuff , whatever it is , is something that ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 2 | It will not be something that ought to be part of our very definition . |
| 3 | That 's something that ought to be taken care of by private citizens . |
| 4 | that that it it is in fact something that ought to be shared more and people ought to benefit more from what 's here ? |
| 5 | Is it wise to have the same firm of auditors year in , year out er all of us are familiar with the er the last item on the annual general meeting , a motion to propose the re-election of the auditors , er I wonder whether or not that 's something that ought to be looked at . |
| 6 | But I think there is I mean something that ought to be mentioned one of the things that worries me is that there is n't here today a man of the type that I meet every day in Oxford who says ‘ sexual harassment ? |
| 7 | Something more permanent is required , something that will in some way produce some lasting remodelling of synapses . |
| 8 | If there is one unchallenged law of personal computing it is that , given half a chance , they will make something that used to be simple into a completely bewildering nightmare ! |
| 9 | Given the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons , is not this a wonderful opportunity to approach the republics , particularly those that want to declare themselves nuclear-free zones — something that used to be sneered at by Conservative Members — in order to eliminate those weapons from the world ? |
| 10 | A term created by a lease must be expressed either with certainty and specifically or by reference to something that can at the time the lease takes effect be looked to as a certain ascertainment of what the term is meant to be ( Lace v Chantler [ 1944 ] KB 368 : lease " for the duration of the war " was void for uncertainty ) . |